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Just press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a local command prompt (Terminal). That's all - it just works :) Previous sessions are remembered and auto-reconnected on quit and restart. Supports Windows, Linux and Mac.

For additional options or remote sessions, use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T or click the "Terminal" toolbar button. Supports SSH, Telnet or Serial line. Full ANSI cursor control, readline and coloring, Use vi, emacs or similar programs on any remote host.

In the Terminal, type Alt+Up to maximize or restore it. Use Alt+Right for quick access to other Eclipse views. Type Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn to switch between multiple Terminal Tabs. See Preferences > Terminal for additional options like registering custom shell environments (like Git Bash, Cygwin, or just custom PATH settings).

Enhancements and Fixes in 4.0 20150430 (Mars M7):

Restructured from TCF into TM to simplify code, reduce plugins and promote contributions

Faster access to local Terminal: Ctrl+Alt+T works on selection or active editor, while Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T provides an option dialog to use for remote terminals. Also, added "Show In" (Alt+Shift+W) support for many perspectives [435158, 435015]

New Preference for the default startup directory of the local terminal, and custom "Show-In" menus [454965, 435014]

Additional xterm emulation support for copy-and-paste across line breaks [453393, 458218, 458398, 458402]

Reduced dependencies - Terminal pulls in fewer plugins now

Fixed typing accent, umlaut and other non-English characters in the Terminal [448144]

Hi Markus, your output looks like escape characters are swallowed by something outside the Terminal. Is this on Windows? - I suggest you file a bugzilla with details for discusson. See also https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=529970#c2 with some ideas on analyzing the issue. Thanks!

Please report a bug [http://eclip.se/4a] for further discussion. Let us know your config there (exact version of Eclipse and host OS). Ideally attach the output from Help > About > Installation Details > Configuration.

I use neon3 for embedded development,and i always use serial connect with my board.So i need to download terminator and install,after i installed termintor ,i still couldn't connect with my board,as :i search ,someone said still need install rxtx,and after i install rxtx, i still could not see COM* ???what's wrong maybe??

I am using TM Terminal to run a Terminal inside Eclipse. I use it to launch afl-fuzzer inside Eclipse. Somehow character encoding in the Terminal in Eclipse is different from when I run the process in Linux terminal itself outside Eclipse.

I am not able to add screenshots here, so I created a stack overflow post about this issue stackoverflow.com/questions/45923342/character-encoding-in-tm-terminal-plugin-in-eclipse

Please suggest how to fix character encoding in Terminal inside Eclipse.

It appears the serial terminal REQUIRES CR/LF sequences to do a newline.

'\n' Linefeed which is the typical newline for C based systems (Unix and embedded targets) just does a strict linefeed, not a newline. Is there a way to make the serial terminal respect the behaviour of the target and interpret the line ending sequence according to its requirements? Ideally one would be able to choose for a session what Newline sequence is being employed by a target.

Hi, I am trying to use zsh as my terminal on mac. that works. Now when I come to eclipse TM terminal, the zsh configuration is not as it is on zsh. Now I do not know how to reset it back to regular default configuration. Anyone has an idea for using the beautiful zsh color themes in Eclipse TM terminal.
This is how i set it up for my mac using wesbos cobalt2 theme available on github . I was hoping this will come to TM Terminal. But not. In terminal there is a preference to use /bin/bash or /bin/zsh. Can I also somehow bring this colorful zsh into TM terminal ?
Thank you

If you are on a Macbook with Retina screen perhaps this is your problem: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=475422 it's fixed in Neon.2 so you might want to try updating. If your problem is different, please report with more details (maybe screenshot attached) on Eclipse Bugzilla.

Hi all, I'm running Scala IDE within Eclipse. I installed a plugin "sbteclipse" through OSX Terminal so that I can manage Scala libraries. When I use command like "$ sbt run " in OSX Terminal, it works fine, but when I use this command in Eclipse Terminal, it tells me "Command not found". How should I solve this problem? Do I need to re-install all the plugins again within TM Terminal?

Most likely, paths from /etc/paths are missing in the environment of the shell that you launch. To get them, go to Eclipse > Preferences, Terminal > Local Terminal and specify "/bin/bash" as program with "--login" as arguments. See also here:https://marketplace.eclipse.org/comment/4259#comment-4259

Anyway i have a question about it. Is there a way to open a TM terminal with environment variables set and command executed (for example running a debug-server)? Is there a way to run this kind of a 'running configuration'? I am trying to add a button for this but I don't where to start searching for the solution.

I'm afraid it is non-trivial listening to an arbitrary remote system to determine what the current directory actually is. Keep in mind that there could be symbolic links, relative paths, or actually a different program running on the remote that doesn't behave like a shell at all.
That said, we would be open to contributions along these lines, please create a bugzilla enhancement request if you're interested.

In my server view, I have some custom remote servers. I want to add same Terminal feature to it through context menu. Can you please share the core API through which if I provide host,username,password,directory then the API opens the Terminal View for given details.

I've been using the TM Terminal for a while now, and I've been very pleased with it.

Now however, for some reason, I can no longer open new terminal windows. I can see the Terminal View, but when I click on "Open a Terminal" and select "Local Terminal" and Encoding: "UTF-8", and then click on OK... nothing happens. The Terminal View remains gray.

This used to work. I've tried reinstalling it, but no luck. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks Harry :) You can invert the Terminal colors in Preferences > Terminal to get a black background. That's also set automatically with Dark Theme. Setting "any" background color would not quite feel right to me, since the remote side really requests colors through ANSI codes ... on the other hand, the request has come a couple times, so we'd appreciate a contribution along these lines.

Hi Robert, we don't have an integration of Terminal with the Launch Configuration / External Tool Launches as of today. The older RSE Terminal did have that a couple years ago, so maybe some code could be re-used; contributions would be welcome, ideally by first filing an enhancement request on bugzilla to discuss the details :)

This issue, as well as a workaround, is now tracked onhttps://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=479591
It currently looks like due to using eclipse-installer, an old version of cdt.core was picked up from the user's bundlePool. The issue will not happen when downloading a full EPP package, or when installing the terminal from the Marketplace.

Quick question: Is there a way that I can configure the plugin to stretch the width of the terminal screen to match the Eclipse View width? Right now, the terminal allows me to type commands on the first 80 characters and then it wraps (to the front of the same line... ugh). Ideally, what I am looking for is a setting that will allow the terminal to use all of the columns displayed available by the width of the enclosing Eclipse View panel ...~200 characters or more. Is this possible? Thanks for the info. Cheers!

Hi John, auto-resizing to width of the Eclipse view works fine for me on Linux and Windows local, as well as SSH.
What is your host OS, and what is your terminal connector ? - I suggest filing a bug for what you see. On Linux, typing "resize" in the Terminal may print interesting information.